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1 A Specialist Early Years Centre FOOD POLICY This policy covers all aspects of school s work including Special School, Extended Services (inc Daycare) and Child Development Centre February

2 School Food Policy 1. Responsibilities The Board of Governors recognises the important connection between a healthy diet and a child s ability to learn effectively and achieve a high standard in school. The board also recognises the role a school can play as part of a larger community to promote family health and sustainable food and farming practices. The Board of Governors recognises that sharing food is a fundamental experience for all people; a primary way to nurture and celebrate our cultural diversity; and an excellent bridge for building friendships and inter-generational bonds. 2. Mission Healthy eating and good nutrition are the foundations of growth and development. At no time of life are they more important than during infancy and early childhood. A varied and nutritious diet and good eating habits are essential for children s health, growth and development. The educational mission is to improve the health of the community by teaching students and families ways to establish and maintain life-long healthy and sustainable eating habits. The mission shall be accomplished through food education and skills e.g. cooking and growing food and the food served in school. 3. Aims 3.1 To ensure that all aspects of food and nutrition in school promotes health and well-being of pupils, staff and visitors to our school. 3.2 To ensure pupils are well nourished at school and that every pupil has access to safe, tasty and nutritious food and a safe, easily available water supply during the school day. 3.3 To ensure that food provision in the school reflects the ethnical and medical requirements of pupil s e.g. religious, ethnic, vegetarian, medical and allergenic needs. 3.4 To make the provision and consumption of food an enjoyable and safe experience. 2

3 3.5 To introduce and promote practices with the school to reinforce these aims and to remove or discourage practices that negate them. 4. Objectives 4.1 To promote healthy eating and drinking messages on a daily basis. 4.2 To ensure that practitioners with responsibility for food has basis food hygiene training. 4.3 To work towards ensuring that this policy is both accepted and embraced by: Governors School Management Teachers and support staff Pupils Parents Food providers The schools wider community 4.4 To integrate these aims into all aspects of school life in particular: Food provision within the school The curriculum Pastoral and social activities. 5. Method 5.1 Develop an understanding and ethos within the school of safe, tasty, nutritious, environmentally sustainable food through both education and example. 5.2 Create an environment both physically and socially conductive to the enjoyment of safe, tasty nutritious environmentally sustainable food. 5.3 Use Government guidelines see: Appendix 1 What s a Healthy Balanced Diet Appendix 2 Suggestions for Healthier Packed lunches This policy will be reviewed February

4 Appendix 1 Extract taken from A Strategic Policy Framework for Governing Bodies Revised September 2007 with Food Standards Agency What is a Healthy Balanced Diet A healthy balanced diet should: include plenty of fruit and vegetables aim for at least five portions a day of a variety of different types include meals based on starchy foods, such as bread, pasta, rice and potatoes (including high fibre varieties where possible) include moderate amounts of milk and dairy products choose low-fat options where you can include moderate amounts of foods that are good sources of protein, such as meat, fish, eggs, beans and lentils. be low in foods that contain large amounts of fat, sugar and salt. Teenagers have nutrient and energy needs that are higher than those of any other age group. Because of this they have large appetites, which is normal. But it is important that they eat food of high nutritional value in the form of well-balanced meals rather than too many snacks that are rich in fat, sugar or salt. A poor diet combined with low levels of physical activity means that they can end up both overweight, and lacking in essential minerals and vitamins. 4

5 By tackling food in schools, as well as in other areas of children's diets, the aim is to tip the balance of the diet back in favour of fruit and vegetables, bread/other cereals and potatoes, and away from foods containing a lot of fat, sugar, and salt. Food groups What s included Main nutrients Bread, rice, potatoes, pasta and other starchy foods Fruit and vegetables Milk and dairy foods Meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein Foods and drinks high in fat and sugar Other starchy foods mean foods such as breakfast cereals, oats, noodles, maize, millet and cornmeal. This group also includes yams and plantains. Beans and pulses can be eaten as part of this group. Fresh, frozen and canned fruit and vegetables and dried fruit. A glass of fruit juice also counts. Beans and pulses can be eaten as part of this group. Milk, cheese, yoghurt and fromage frais. This group does not include butter, eggs and cream. Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, nuts, beans and pulses. Meat includes bacon and salami and meat products such as sausages, Beef burgers and pâté. These are all relatively high-fat choices. Beans, such as canned baked beans and pulses are in this group and they are a good source of protein for vegetarians. Fish includes frozen and canned fish such as sardines and tuna, fish fingers and fish cakes. Aim to eat at least one portion of oily fish such as sardines and salmon each week. Foods containing fat: Margarine, butter, other spreading fats and low fat spreads, cooking oils, oil-based salad dressings, mayonnaise, cream, chocolate, crisps, biscuits, pastries, cakes, puddings, ice cream, rich sauces and gravies. Foods and drinks containing sugar: Soft drinks, sweets, jam and sugar, as well as foods such as cakes, puddings, biscuits, pastries and ice cream. Carbohydrate(starch), Fibre (NSP*), some calcium and iron, 8 vitamins Vitamin C, carotenes, folates, Fibre (NSP*) and some carbohydrate Calcium, protein, Vitamin B12 and Vitamins A & D Iron, protein, B Vitamins especially B12, zinc and magnesium. Foods in this group principally provide energy in the form of fats and sugars but may contain other nutrients in much smaller amounts. * Fibre is more properly known as non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) Message Eat Plenty Eat Plenty at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and veg a day. Fruit juice counts as one portion however much you drink in a day. Beans and pulses count as only one portion however much you eat in one day. Recommendations Try to eat wholemeal, wholegrain, brown or high fibre versions where possible. Try to avoid: having them fried too often (e.g. chips) adding too much fat (e.g. thickly spread butter, margarine or low fat spread on bread) adding rich sauces and dressings (e.g. cream or cheese sauce on pasta) Eat a wide variety of fruit and vegetables. Try to avoid: adding fat or rich sauces to vegetables (e.g.carrots glazed with butter or parsnips roasted in a lot of fat) adding sugar or syrupy dressings to fruit (e.g.stewed apple with 5

6 Eat some eat moderate amounts and choose lower fat versions where possible. Eat or drink moderate amounts and choose low fat versions whenever you can. Eat foods containing fat sparingly. Eat small amounts and not too often look out for the low fat, salt and sugar alternatives where possible. sugar or chocolate sauce on a banana) Lower fat versions means semi-skimmed or skimmed milk, low fat (0.1% fat) yoghurts or fromage frais, and lower fat cheeses (e.g. Edam, half-fat cheese and Camembert). Check the amount of fat by looking at the nutrient information on the labels. Compare similar products and choose the lowest for example 8% fat fromage frais may be labelled low fat, but is not actually the lowest available. Lower fat versions means things like meat with the fat cut off, poultry without the skin and fish without batter. Cook these foods without added fat. Beans and pulses are good alternatives to meat as they are naturally very low in fat. Some foods containing fat will be eaten every day, but should be kept to small amounts, for example, margarine and butter, other spreading fats (including low fat spreads), cooking oils, oil-based salad dressings and mayonnaise. Foods containing fat such as cakes, biscuits, pastries and ice cream should be limited and low fat alternatives chosen where available. All foods and drinks containing sugar should be eaten mainly at mealtimes to reduce the risk of tooth decay. Rough guide to portion sizes Vegetables raw, cooked, frozen or canned 3 heaped tablespoonfuls Salad 1 cereal bowl Grapefruit/avocado pear 1/2 fruit Apples, bananas, oranges and other citrus fruit 1 fruit Plums and other similar size fruit 2 fruit Grapes, cherries and berries 1 cupful or a handful Fresh fruit salad, stewed or canned fruit (including a little 2-3 tablespoonfuls juice or syrup) Dried fruit (raisins, apricots etc.) 1/2-1 tablespoonful Fruit juice 1 glass (150ml) Judging what is healthier: Nutrient High Low Sugars more than 15g 5g or less Fat more than 20g 3g or less Saturated Fat more than 5g 1.5g or less Salt * Sodium (sometimes products will give the amount of sodium rather than salt) more than 1.5g more than 0.5g 0.3g or less 0.1g or less To decide what amount is healthier look at the amount of nutrient per 100g of product. E.g. if the amount of sugar is more than 15g/100g this is high and if it 5g or less it is low. Anything in between these figures is a medium amount. * Salt is made up of two components - sodium and chloride. It's the sodium in salt that can lead to health problems. 6

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